Virginia law allows qualified parties to nominate by primary or convention. However, the law also says that when an incumbent is running for re-election, he or she can make the decision of how the party nominates. On February 25, the Republican Committee of the 24th State Senate District filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that letting the office-holder decide, rather than the party, violates the party’s freedom of association to make the decision. Adams v Alcorn, w.d., 5:15cv-12.
The incumbent State Senator wants a primary, and the party wants to nominate by convention. See this story.
Hmmm.
Is the VA regime a regime of Dark Age monarchs / oligarchs or what ???
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NO primaries and conventions.
P.R. and nonpartisan APP.V.
So the incumbent gets to become a Kingmaker? I thought the idea of a Primary was so the party members could decide who the nominee will be.